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Could not install ROM on safestrap ROM slot

I installed safestrap 3.6 as explained in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448942
Everything worked fine, created a new slot with 3Gbyte size. However, I could ntot get custom ROM installed there. I copied ROM .zip file (CARBON-JB-1.8-jflteatt.zip) to internal SD card + gapps -jb-20130813-signed.zip. Got "installation completed" message for both ZIPs, and then :
Updating partition details...
E: Unable to mount internal storage. Got green "Successful" message under the window where all log messages were running.
Then when rebooting with newly-flashed ROM slot, the phone does not boot, it is stuck with back screen and the only way to get it back to life is to power-cycle it and boot into stock ROM slot.
Any idea what went wrong?
Phone details:
Model: SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
Android 4.2.2
Baseband version - I337UCUAMF3
Kernel version 3.4.0-812098
Thanks,

Carbon is not tw based. Only touch wiz based roms will work.

I think the only aosp ROM that works is GPE 4.2.2 try that. But check its compatibility first
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all the google edition roms work with safestrap as far as I know, I've tested most of them. if it's one from another carrier the most you have to change are the apn settings. I'll be testing VirginROM later.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356276

Just to be clear for OP
Google Edition (GE) roms are Touch Wiz---

Did not manage to turn WiFi on
deadenz said:
all the google edition roms work with safestrap as far as I know, I've tested most of them. if it's one from another carrier the most you have to change are the apn settings. I'll be testing VirginROM later.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356276
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thanks for the reply.
Tried ge4.2.2clean-20130907.zip, but it did not manage to turn WiFi during sign-in process.
Tried ge4.3clean-20130907.zip, this one did not boot at all.
Any tip? thanks

michaelkagan said:
thanks for the reply.
Tried ge4.2.2clean-20130907.zip, but it did not manage to turn WiFi during sign-in process.
Tried ge4.3clean-20130907.zip, this one did not boot at all.
Any tip? thanks
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on the first boot of installing any rom, I always skip the initial setup. wait until the rom has booted first then add your google account and setup wifi and 4.3 roms are not compatible with safestrap

If you want a good GE 4.3 ROM, try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2395030
That's what I use as my daily driver. It works great, and is an untouched 4.3 GE ROM, except for the kernel. You can customize it yourself if you want before you install it.

chocodough said:
If you want a good GE 4.3 ROM, try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2395030
That's what I use as my daily driver. It works great, and is an untouched 4.3 GE ROM, except for the kernel. You can customize it yourself if you want before you install it.
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4.3 roms don't work with safestrap.

It's been my understanding GE ones are TW based--
Got that from playing with KT's kernels
Maybe I am wrong--

rugmankc said:
It's been my understanding GE ones are TW based--
Got that from playing with KT's kernels
Maybe I am wrong--
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Pretty sure you are right, I haven't installed a GE rom that hasn't worked yet

deadenz said:
Pretty sure you are right, I haven't installed a GE rom that hasn't worked yet
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Currently only TouchWiz and GE 4.2.2 roms work. I tried GE 4.3 and it wouldn't turn on. Hopefully within the next week at&t treats us with a cookie and release 4.3 update.

DrXTC said:
Currently only TouchWiz and GE 4.2.2 roms work. I tried GE 4.3 and it wouldn't turn on. Hopefully within the next week at&t treats us with a cookie and release 4.3 update.
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That's good info, didn't think about it stopping with 4.2.2--

chocodough said:
If you want a good GE 4.3 ROM, try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2395030
That's what I use as my daily driver. It works great, and is an untouched 4.3 GE ROM, except for the kernel. You can customize it yourself if you want before you install it.
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It seems like this is ROM for i9505, my phone is i9500. WIll it work?
thanks,

Still could not make wifi work
deadenz said:
on the first boot of installing any rom, I always skip the initial setup. wait until the rom has booted first then add your google account and setup wifi and 4.3 roms are not compatible with safestrap
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Tried to skip initial setup, but still WiFi would not turn on. Tried with ge4.2.2clean-20130907.zip
Any hint?

michaelkagan said:
Tried to skip initial setup, but still WiFi would not turn on. Tried with ge4.2.2clean-20130907.zip
Any hint?
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did you flash the mf3 kernel module after you installed the rom?

You might get a lot more help here
Official AT&T S4 Safestrap Discussion Q/A

deadenz said:
did you flash the mf3 kernel module after you installed the rom?
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No, I did not flash kernel, just installed ROM. SHould I flash kernel?

michaelkagan said:
No, I did not flash kernel, just installed ROM. SHould I flash kernel?
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no. you should stop everything that you're doing and READ before you do anything else
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
http://blog.hash-of-codes.com/how-to-safestrap/

deadenz said:
no. you should stop everything that you're doing and READ before you do anything else
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
http://blog.hash-of-codes.com/how-to-safestrap/
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thanks for the pointers.

No WiFi on this ROM (Google Edition 4.2.2)

So I recently got this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254. I got the DEODEX version, and when I try to turn wifi on, it just switches back to off. I tried clicking the WiFi fix links in the thread, but they wouldn't work. What do I do? I have a SGH-I337, by the way.

Conmore said:
So I recently got this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254. I got the DEODEX version, and when I try to turn wifi on, it just switches back to off. I tried clicking the WiFi fix links in the thread, but they wouldn't work. What do I do? I have a SGH-I337, by the way.
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What can you do?
For one thing you can flash a custom rom which is a finished product.
But if you want to fool around with Google Edition roms you can try this little trick,
reboot the phone and toggle the wifi on and off 3 or 4 times waiting about 10 seconds
between toggling. For some people this little trick temporarily fixed the wifi issue.

Misterjunky said:
What can you do?
For one thing you can flash a custom rom which is a finished product.
But if you want to fool around with Google Edition roms you can try this little trick,
reboot the phone and toggle the wifi on and off 3 or 4 times waiting about 10 seconds
between toggling. For some people this little trick temporarily fixed the wifi issue.
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Would you happen to know of any Google Edition ROMS that are trustworthy for the GS4 that are compatible with Safestrap?

re:custom roms
Conmore said:
Would you happen to know of any Google Edition ROMS that are trustworthy for the GS4 that are compatible with Safestrap?
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I am assuming that you have never done an OTA and updated to the official
MF3 4.3 firmware yet, if you have done an OTA MF3 update then ignore this post.
There are no google edition 4.3 roms which are safestrap compatible as of yet.
So far only the Jellybean Touchwiz 4.2.2 custom roms are compatible with it.
The only reason that your phone is working with the google edition rom
is because it's based on version 4.2.2 rom.
None of the developers are going to create a full featured custom google
edition 4.2.2 rom since the official 4.3 firmware is available.
However if you want to try a full featured Touchwiz Jellybean custom rom
which I would highly suggest.
This custom rom is based on the Samsung Galaxy S4 Touchwiz Jellybean 4.2.2 firmware.
It's called "Darthstalker v9" and it's really excellent.
Here is the link to it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2426081
(safestrap compatible)
Give it a try, good luck! .

Misterjunky said:
I am assuming that you have never done an OTA and updated to the official
MF3 4.3 firmware yet, if you have done an OTA MF3 update then ignore this post.
There are no google edition 4.3 roms which are safestrap compatible as of yet.
So far only the Jellybean Touchwiz 4.2.2 custom roms are compatible with it.
The only reason that your phone is working with the google edition rom
is because it's based on version 4.2.2 rom.
None of the developers are going to create a full featured custom google
edition 4.2.2 rom since the official 4.3 firmware is available.
However if you want to try a full featured Touchwiz Jellybean custom rom
which I would highly suggest.
This custom rom is based on the Samsung Galaxy S4 Touchwiz Jellybean 4.2.2 firmware.
It's called "Darthstalker v9" and it's really excellent.
Here is the link to it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2426081
(safestrap compatible)
Give it a try, good luck! .
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MF3 4.3 firmware? I thought MF3 was 4.2.2, and 4.3 is MFJ or something like that. But I am on MF3, 4.2.2, I have Safestrap, and I can install ROM's. So should I still check out your suggestion?

re: roms/mf3
Conmore said:
MF3 4.3 firmware? I thought MF3 was 4.2.2, and 4.3 is MFJ or something like that. But I am on MF3, 4.2.2, I have Safestrap, and I can install ROM's. So should I still check out your suggestion?
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Read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254
It will explain it all to you in great detail, the thread also has links where you can
go directly to the custom rom thread and download "Darthstalker v9" rom & others.
Currently there are only three full featured custom roms which are fully compatible with MF3.
Darthstalker v9 is one of them and it was very recently updated.
You will see the links to them on the very first post.
Good luck!
Remember it takes less time to click the "THANKS" button than it takes to type "thank you"

Misterjunky said:
Read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254
It will explain it all to you in great detail, the thread also has links where you can
go directly to the custom rom thread and download "Darthstalker v9" rom & others.
Currently there are only three full featured custom roms which are fully compatible with MF3.
Darthstalker v9 is one of them and it was very recently updated.
You will see the links to them on the very first post.
Good luck!
Remember it takes less time to click the "THANKS" button than it takes to type "thank you"
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OK, so now I'm not getting WiFi on the rom you recommended, which is amazing by the way.
Edit: Fixed it, forgot to flash kernel modules, was looking at the wrong thread. :/

Kernel modules for MF3
Conmore said:
OK, so now I'm not getting WiFi on the rom you recommended, which is amazing by the way.
Edit: Fixed it, forgot to flash kernel modules, was looking at the wrong thread. :/
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Hi, you said you forgot to flash the kernel modules to get wifi working with MF3, but when you did, wifi was working correctly. I cant FOR THE LIFE of me figure out how to get my wifi working. I flashed the "jflteatt-MF3-modules.zip" file from Hashcode's safestrap forum, but cannot get it to work. Ive also wiped everything and tried flashing the rom and module again, but no luck. Do you have links or can you tell me which kernel I should be flashing please? I really love Darthstalker and this is the only thing holding me back..
EDIT: Nevermind... Thank you anyway.. I re-downloaded the module and re-did the whole flashing process. Its working now.. Weird. Ive done the same thing atleast 5 times.. Oh Well.. Im happy now! :victory:

Conmore said:
So I recently got this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254. I got the DEODEX version, and when I try to turn wifi on, it just switches back to off. I tried clicking the WiFi fix links in the thread, but they wouldn't work. What do I do? I have a SGH-I337, by the way.
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I didn't see anyone mention it so i'll tell you - this is a simple fix.
If you are running MF3 and are using this GPE Rom 4.2.2 via SafeStrap, you need to simply flash the kernel for MF3 AFTER you've flashed the GPE Rom.
You can A.) Wipe your current Rom-Slot, flash the ROM itself then immediately flash the kernel provided at (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925) ---> Just above "Manually remove SafeStrap"
Or you can B.) Just flash the kernel zip package over the same Rom-Slot you have the Google Play Edition Rom 4.2.2 on.

[Q] GS4 Custom Rom Question

Hey I just have a quick question here. Is there a way to get wifi to work on a custom rom on the ATT GS4 (MK2) because not matter what rom I flash on it the wifi always breaks but when I go back to stock it works just fine. I even tried flashing the modem file but to no avail. If I can't I can understand I was just wanting to know if there's a workaround to this. Thanks to anyone who helps .

You need to flash the MK2 modules. Do some more reading. The modules are in the Safestrap thread.
Sent from Black<3's I337 running Foxhound ROM

DeadlySin9 said:
You need to flash the MK2 modules. Do some more reading. The modules are in the Safestrap thread.
Sent from Black<3's I337 running Foxhound ROM
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Well when I first tried to install a custom rom I used this website to flash the modules and that was when I realized my wifi wasn't working on it. I'll just read up some more I suppose. Thanks for the response .

Rytiou said:
Well when I first tried to install a custom rom I used this website to flash the modules and that was when I realized my wifi wasn't working on it. I'll just read up some more I suppose. Thanks for the response .
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Those are all Verizon modules. You need the att ones
Edit, read through this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45693712

jd1639 said:
Those are all Verizon modules. You need the att ones
Edit, read through this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45693712
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Aah I see. Thanks man

[Q] SS 3.72 problem

I have an ATT Galaxy S4 and installed safestrap 3.72 no prob…flashed goldeneye no prob, used it for a cpl days then made a backup of it and tried to flash hyperdrive15 as directed by xda thread and when i rebooted just went black for a cpl mins and kept going back to safe strap so i tried to wipe again and install recovery first my golden eye backup(which i later learned was a no no on the stock rom) then my stock rom and getting i keep getting fail…something about unable to mount /system and /systemorig..so i tried advance wipe everything except extsd and also receive fail (unable to mount /system and /systemorig) only success is regular wipe but its not doing me any good. I know im a complete noob and probably did something stupid and also that you senior members hate stupid post here but please I really dont understand what happened....Also I have tried to flash golden eye rom over again and it is just going black and shutting off mid flash...I tried making a new rom slot to see if maybe i could just flash rom on new slot but no luck. I have looked EVERYWHERE and havent found anyone that has had this issue,lol which add to my feling of stupidity...ANY IDEAS???:crying:

omino323 said:
I have an ATT Galaxy S4 and installed safestrap 3.72 no prob…flashed goldeneye no prob, used it for a cpl days then made a backup of it and tried to flash hyperdrive15 as directed by xda thread and when i rebooted just went black for a cpl mins and kept going back to safe strap so i tried to wipe again and install recovery first my golden eye backup(which i later learned was a no no on the stock rom) then my stock rom and getting i keep getting fail…something about unable to mount /system and /systemorig..so i tried advance wipe everything except extsd and also receive fail (unable to mount /system and /systemorig) only success is regular wipe but its not doing me any good. I know im a complete noob and probably did something stupid and also that you senior members hate stupid post here but please I really dont understand what happened....Also I have tried to flash golden eye rom over again and it is just going black and shutting off mid flash...I tried making a new rom slot to see if maybe i could just flash rom on new slot but no luck. I have looked EVERYWHERE and havent found anyone that has had this issue,lol which add to my feling of stupidity...ANY IDEAS???:crying:
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You did not mention your phone firmware but based on your post, your firmware might be NB1 or NC1 since you said that you successfully installed the safestrap 3.72.
You did not mention which version of GE you flashed but I guess that might be GE28 or later. If you did, those roms are based on KitKat (android 4.4.2)
You flashed the hyperdrive15 which is written for jelly beam (android 4.3) based on the rom for the MK2 firmware.
GE rom installation for safestrap did not mention to install the rom in the different slot, so I guess you installed the GE rom in the stock slot.
Hyperdrive15 installation for safestrap mentioned to create/switch slot so you may or may not install the rom in the stock slot.
As far as I know, safestrap 3.72 does not support extra rom slot other than the stock rom slot. It appears that hyperdrive instructions were written for the safestrap 3.71.
May be that was your mistake.
My suggestion been odin the stock rom that corresponding to your firmware. Use tworl root to get rooted.

sway8966 said:
You did not mention your phone firmware but based on your post, your firmware might be NB1 or NC1 since you said that you successfully installed the safestrap 3.72.
You did not mention which version of GE you flashed but I guess that might be GE28 or later. If you did, those roms are based on KitKat (android 4.4.2)
You flashed the hyperdrive15 which is written for jelly beam (android 4.3) based on the rom for the MK2 firmware.
GE rom installation for safestrap did not mention to install the rom in the different slot, so I guess you installed the GE rom in the stock slot.
Hyperdrive15 installation for safestrap mentioned to create/switch slot so you may or may not install the rom in the stock slot.
As far as I know, safestrap 3.72 does not support extra rom slot other than the stock rom slot. It appears that hyperdrive instructions were written for the safestrap 3.71.
May be that was your mistake.
My suggestion been odin the stock rom that corresponding to your firmware. Use tworl root to get rooted.
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Thank you so much SWAY...that what i did and just started back over...you were right i was running nc1 and had GE35....so to explain the reason i used hyperdrive15 was bc i tried 17 and on first boot it stayed on boot animation for 30+mins so i figured something was wrong and shut it down...and i was also very confused bc it says to falsh correct compatibilty pack and the only one i found is for 15...am i wrong? is there one for 17 or do i just use the one for 15?...thank you again

omino323 said:
Thank you so much SWAY...that what i did and just started back over...you were right i was running nc1 and had GE35....so to explain the reason i used hyperdrive15 was bc i tried 17 and on first boot it stayed on boot animation for 30+mins so i figured something was wrong and shut it down...and i was also very confused bc it says to falsh correct compatibilty pack and the only one i found is for 15...am i wrong? is there one for 17 or do i just use the one for 15?...thank you again
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I do not know much about the Hyperdrive since I am a GE user. Also, Hyperdrive 17 mentioned that it would work for the ATT phone but 17 is posted only the Verizon forum.
For the ATT phone with NC1 firmware the steps for flashing the custom rom involves - 1)flash the rom, 2)flash the NC1 kernel module and 3) flash the supersu.
The correct compatibility pack might be referring to the kernel module, I guess. In that case, the pack for 15 might be written for the MK2 kernel module and it might not work with your NC1 firmware.

sway8966 said:
I do not know much about the Hyperdrive since I am a GE user. Also, Hyperdrive 17 mentioned that it would work for the ATT phone but 17 is posted only the Verizon forum.
For the ATT phone with NC1 firmware the steps for flashing the custom rom involves - 1)flash the rom, 2)flash the NC1 kernel module and 3) flash the supersu.
The correct compatibility pack might be referring to the kernel module, I guess. In that case, the pack for 15 might be written for the MK2 kernel module and it might not work with your NC1 firmware.
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Is the kernel module the att module that they say to flash to make sure wifi works or is it something else? if so any ideas on where i can find it?
again thank you for taking the time to help me...

omino323 said:
Is the kernel module the att module that they say to flash to make sure wifi works or is it something else? if so any ideas on where i can find it?
again thank you for taking the time to help me...
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Yes. The kernel module is the att module needed to get WiFi working. It can be found after extracting the download from the deadly venom KitKat magic tool thread.

jmjoyas said:
Yes. The kernel module is the att module needed to get WiFi working. It can be found after extracting the download from the deadly venom KitKat magic tool thread.
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thank you so much! okay so just to make completely sure...to flash hyperdrive17 just flash rom, flash module, and flash su?
Again thank you so much!

omino323 said:
thank you so much! okay so just to make completely sure...to flash hyperdrive17 just flash rom, flash module, and flash su?
Again thank you so much!
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Yes. That should work.

HELP: Tried almost all I537 and even 9505 ROMS, still get NO WIFI

Hello all,
I have an ATT i537. I do the Towelroot, then flash Securestrap, have tried Goldeneye, Samy, Hyperdrive, and others. I tried flashing the GT Kernel, I've tried leaving the stock kernel per Aroma installer, even the ATT Modules, but after every flash. No Wifi. I restore my ROM to factory via Odin. Wifi works.
Can anybody chime in on whats going on?
Thanks

Sounds like a firmware/baseband/OS mismatch. Make sure to flash ROMs that are the same version as your baseband/firmware.

Paul_Days said:
Hello all,
I have an ATT i537. I do the Towelroot, then flash Securestrap, have tried Goldeneye, Samy, Hyperdrive, and others. I tried flashing the GT Kernel, I've tried leaving the stock kernel per Aroma installer, even the ATT Modules, but after every flash. No Wifi. I restore my ROM to factory via Odin. Wifi works.
Can anybody chime in on whats going on?
Thanks
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You're in the i337 forum. Are you sure you're flashing the correct roms? See this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46652190
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app

You can't flash custom kernels with this phone. I hate to break it to you, but the i537 has a locked bootloader.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Tapatalk

For Wifi to work you need to flash the RIL files and modem files for i537. That will fix your issue. NO Matter whichever ROM you flash there are few things you will always need which MUST be model specific - those are (1) Bootloader, (2) RIL Files and (3) Modem; also at times (4) Stock Kernel - however the last one i.e. Stock Kernel is at times compulsory or optional - depends.
Correctly flash (Afresh) the working ROM for i537 and once all is finished instal i537 specific STOCK RIL Files and STOCK Modem and check - if that does not fix - flash STOCK KERNEL - of course all assuming that you have flashed right Bootloader (BL) right in the beginning of the whole process.
Hope above helps
Paul_Days said:
Hello all,
I have an ATT i537. I do the Towelroot, then flash Securestrap, have tried Goldeneye, Samy, Hyperdrive, and others. I tried flashing the GT Kernel, I've tried leaving the stock kernel per Aroma installer, even the ATT Modules, but after every flash. No Wifi. I restore my ROM to factory via Odin. Wifi works.
Can anybody chime in on whats going on?
Thanks
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